Two data fall as males’s, ladies’s swimming each end top-three at Tiger Invitational

By: Ricky Baptist, Sports Information Director

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (November 24, 2025) – This weekend, The University of Texas Permian Basin males’s and ladies’s swim groups competed within the Trinity Tiger Invitational on the Alamo Heights Natatorium in San Antonio, Texas. In the top, the UTPB males’s crew completed second out of 9 groups with whereas the ladies have been third out of 9.

This was the Falcons’ midseason meet, the place they get to tackle numerous groups in several divisions and conferences. The different competing groups along with the Falcons and Tigers have been the University of Incarnate Word, Loyola, Saint Thomas, Southwestern, Adams State, McMurray, and Austin College. It was the Falcons’ first huge probability to swimsuit up and apply racing the way in which they are going to at convention.

On the lads’s facet, the hosts from Trinity, who’re ranked No. 19 in NCAA Division III, completed first with 1,130.50 factors, adopted by UTPB (857.50) in second and Loyola New Orleans (460), which is ranked No. 10 within the NAIA, in third. On the ladies’s facet, No. 20-ranked Trinity was first with 1,329.50 factors, Southwestern University (707.50) was second, UTPB (457) was third, and No. 22-ranked Loyola New Orleans (254) was fourth.

UTPB Head Swimming Coach Brian Schroeder stated, “The team as a whole had an amazing meet. We pushed each other to new heights and celebrated accomplishments across the board. We have momentum into the winter training with sights on conference championships in February.”

In all, there have been 60 private/lifetime greatest swims for UTPB at this meet. The males’s crew set 32 private bests and 36 season bests whereas the ladies’s crew set 28 private bests and 18 season bests. In addition, two faculty data have been damaged within the males’s 400 medley relay and the lads’s 200 backstroke.

In the lads’s meet, Colin Doyle was the high-point chief amongst all athletes with 68 factors, one first-place end and six-second place finishers whereas Niklas Heelein was second with 61 factors, three second-place finishes and two third-place finishes.

 

Tiger Invitational Day 1 – Friday, November 21

Head Coach Brian Schroeder and the Falcons got here into the meet with the mindset of breaking data, and so they bought off to a scorching begin on Friday night time.

On the primary day of competitors, UTPB’s “A” crew consisting of Nico Turner, Sean Greene, Doyle and Heelein broke the college report within the males’s 400 medley relay with a time of three:20.73, dropping 5.62 seconds off their seed time. The group completed second within the occasion, behind solely Trinity’s “A” crew with a time of three:20.09. The authentic report of three:22.44 was initially set by Gustavo Damis Resende, Jakub Murici, Nikita Naumov and Jeremy Pantalion in 2018.

In all, three UTPB groups completed among the many top-six within the males’s 400 medley relay, closing out the primary night time of competitors.

At the beginning of the night time, it was clear the UTPB ladies have been an improved crew from final yr as they improved their completed within the 200 freestyle relay from eighth place to 3rd place, and improved their time (1:39.53) by over 5 seconds. In the lads’s 200 freestyle relay, UTPB took each second and third place. The UTPB “A” crew (Doyle, Logan Fultz, Heelein, Kell Frazier) completed second with a time of 1:23.09 and the UTPB “B” crew (Turner, Cooper Workman, Chase Alderman, Brannan Espericueta) completed third at 1:25.01.

In the ladies’s 200 IM, sophomore Rowan McWhorter completed in fourth place with a time of two:10.95 after ending in fifth place within the occasion as a freshman final yr. She improved her time from final yr by 0.86 seconds. In the lads’s 200 IM, UTPB took three of the top-seven locations. Greene (1:52.50) tied for second place as a freshman, Owen Putnam (1:54.19) completed fifth after taking sixth place final yr, and Alderman (1:56.51) remained in seventh place for the second yr in a row.

The UTPB males had three of the top-four finishers within the 50 freestyle. Despite successful the occasion final yr and enhancing his time from final yr by 0.14 seconds, Doyle (20.80) completed in second place this yr after ending in first place within the prelims at 20.96 seconds. In addition, Frazier (20.89) and Fultz (20.89) tied one another for third place.

At the top of day one, the UTPB males (300.50 factors) sat in second place behind solely the hosts from Trinity (418.50 factors). The UTPB ladies (151 factors) began off in third behind Trinity (496 factors) and Southwestern (274.50 factors).

 

Friday’s Top-Eight Relays & Individual A Finalists:

Women’s 200 freestyle relay – third place – UTPB “A” crew (Rowan McWhorter, Mackenzie Gingerich, Avery Momotiuk, Ava McCormack) – 1:39.53

Men’s 200 freestyle relay – second place – UTPB “A” crew (Colin Doyle, Logan Fultz, Niklas Heelein, Kell Frazier) – 1:23.09

Men’s 200 freestyle relay – third place – UTPB “B” crew (Nico Turner, Cooper Workman, Chase Alderman, Brannan Espericueta) – 1:25.01

Men’s 500 freestyle – fourth place – Niklas Heelein – 4:39.54

Women’s 200 IM – fourth place – Rowan McWhorter – 2:10.95

Women’s 200 IM – sixth place – Avery Momotiuk – 2:13.24

Men’s 200 IM – tied for second place – Sean Greene – 1:52.50

Men’s 200 IM – fifth place – Owen Putnam – 1:54.19

Men’s 200 IM – seventh place – Chase Alderman – 1:56.51

Men’s 50 freestyle – second place – Colin Doyle – 20.80

Men’s 50 freestyle – tied for third place – Kell Frazier – 20.89

Men’s 50 freestyle – tied for third place – Logan Fultz – 20.89

Women’s 400 medley relay – third place – UTPB “A” crew (Ava McCormack, Avery Momotiuk, Rowan McWhorter, Nadia Phelps) – 4:01.99

Men’s 400 medley relay – second place – UTPB “A” crew (Nico Turner, Sean Greene, Colin Doyle, Niklas Heelein) – 3:20.73

Men’s 400 medley relay – fourth place – UTPB “B” crew (Zane Garner, Chase Alderman, Tommy Betancour, Kell Frazier) – 3:26.77

Men’s 400 medley relay – sixth place – UTPB “C” crew (Cooper Workman, Brannan Espericueta, Owen Putnam, Logan Fultz) – 3:28.12

 

Tiger Invitational Day 2 – Saturday, November 22

The first occasion of the night noticed the UTPB ladies’s 200 freestyle relay crew “A” crew (Ava McCormack, Avery Momotiuk, McWhorter, Mackenzie Gingerich) take second place with a time of 1:48.44. On the lads’s facet, UTPB completed back-to-back in second and third place in a relay for the second time on the meet. Zane Garner, Greene, Doyle and Fultz have been second with a time of 1:31.64 and Turner, Alderman, Tommy Betancour and Frazier have been third at 1:32.46. It was precisely a two-second enchancment over final yr’s time for the UTPB males’s “A” crew whereas the “B” crew improved by over 4 seconds and moved all the way in which up from seventh place to 3rd place.

In the ladies’s 100 butterfly, McCormack completed third with a time of 59.06 seconds whereas McWhorter was fifth at 59.93 seconds. After ending first within the prelims (49.34) for the second time through the meet, this time, Doyle received the lads’s 100 butterfly with a time of 49.49 seconds, enhancing his time from final yr by 0.44 seconds to maneuver up from a third-place end a yr in the past.

Greene (1:40.34) and Heelein (1:41.17) completed back-to-back in second and third place within the males’s 200 freestyle, switching their locations from the prelims.

In the ladies’s 100 breaststroke, McWhorter (1:07.25) improved by 0.55 seconds from final yr, transferring up from a sixth-place end a yr in the past to 3rd place this yr, whereas Momotiuk (1:07.90) was proper behind her in fourth place. In the lads’s race, Alderman (57.21) remained in sixth place, however improved his time by over a full second.

In one of its greatest races of the meet, the UTPB males’s crew had 4 of the top-five finishers within the 100 backstroke. Turner led the way in which in second place with a time of fifty.36 seconds and was adopted by Garner (50.77) in third, Workman (50.78) in fourth and Doyle (51.23) in fifth. Garner additionally improved his time by 1.40 seconds from a yr in the past.

At the top of day two, the UTPB males (585.50 factors) remained in second place behind Trinity (780.50 factors) whereas the UTPB ladies (320 factors) additionally remained in third place behind Trinity (972.50 factors) and Southwestern (477.50 factors).

Coach Schroeder stated after day two, “We are very close to some more team records, and we have had a lot of personal/lifetime bests. The meet is a lot faster than last year, but we are having a great meet. The women have moved up a couple spots in the rankings compared to last year.”

 

Saturday’s Top-Eight Relays & Individual A Finalists:

Women’s 200 medley relay – second place – UTPB “A” (Ave McCormack, Avery Momotiuk, Rowan McWhorter, Mackenzie Gingerich) – 1:48.44

Men’s 200 medley relay – second place – UTPB “A” crew (Zane Garner, Sean Greene, Colin Doyle, Logan Fultz) – 1:31.64

Men’s 200 medley relay – third place – UTPB “B” crew – Nico Turner, Chase Alderman, Tommy Betancour, Kell Frazier) – 1:32.46

Women’s 100 butterfly – third place – Ava McCormack – 59.06

Women’s 100 butterfly – fifth place – Rowan McWhorter – 59.93

Men’s 100 butterfly – Colin Doyle – first place – 49.49

Men’s 400 IM – fourth place – Owen Putnam – 4:06.47

Men’s 200 freestyle – second place – Sean Greene – 1:40.34

Men’s 200 freestyle – third place – Niklas Heelein – 1:41.17

Women’s 100 breaststroke – third place – Rowan McWhorter – 1:07.25

Women’s 100 breaststroke – fourth place – Avery Momotiuk – 1:07.90

Men’s 100 breaststroke – sixth place – Chase Alderman – 57.21

Women’s 100 backstroke – fourth place – Ava McCormack – 58.58

Men’s 100 backstroke – second place – Nico Turner – 50.36

Men’s 100 backstroke – third place – Zane Garner – 50.77

Men’s 100 backstroke – fourth place – Cooper Workman – 50.78

Men’s 100 backstroke – fifth place – Colin Doyle – 51.23

 

Tiger Invitational Day 3 – Sunday, November 23

McCormack completed third within the ladies’s 200 backstroke with a time of two:07.69 and Workman took second within the males’s 200 backstroke with a time of 1:51.34. In addition, Workman’s prelim time of 1:50.19 broke UTPB’s report of 1:50.92 set in 2010 by Joseph Sarradet.

UTPB had 5 A finalists within the males’s 100 freestyle. After successful within the prelims (45.81) for the third time within the meet (as soon as every day), Doyle completed in second place with a time of 46.16 seconds and was adopted by Turner (46.23) in fourth, Heelein (46.51) in fifth, Espericueta (46.82) in seventh and Logan Fultz (46.84) in eighth.

Momotiuk was third with a time of two:27.98 within the ladies’s 200 breaststroke.

For the second yr in a row, Putnam received the lads’s 200 butterfly, doing so this time with a time of 1:50.50. He additionally received the prelims with a time of 1:50.87, turning into the one Falcon apart from Doyle to win an occasion within the prelims.

UTPB was paced within the males’s 1650 freestyle by Heelein (16:20.10) in third place and Addison Richardson (16:39.90) in fifth place.

In the ultimate occasion of the meet, UTPB’s ladies’s 400 freestyle relay “A” crew elevated its standing from seventh place a yr in the past to fourth place this yr and bettered its time from final yr by over 9 seconds. In the lads’s 400 freestyle relay, the UTPB “A” crew of Doyle, Turner, Greene and Heelein completed second with a time of three:04.17, over three seconds higher than final yr’s time.

 

Sunday’s Top-Eight Relays & Individual A Finalists:

Women’s 200 backstroke – third place – Ava McCormack – 2:07.69

Women’s 200 backstroke – sixth place – Mackenzie Gingerich – 2:16.08

Men’s 200 backstroke – second place – Cooper Workman – 1:51.34

Men’s 200 backstroke – eight place – Zane Garner – 1:58.50

Women’s 100 freestyle – fifth place – Rowan McWhorter – 53.76

Men’s 100 freestyle – second place – Colin Doyle – 46.16

Men’s 100 freestyle – fourth place – Nico Turner – 46.23

Men’s 100 freestyle – fifth place – Niklas Heelein – 46.51

Men’s 100 freestyle – seventh place – Brannan Espericueta – 46.82

Men’s 100 freestyle – eighth place – Logan Fultz – 46.84

Women’s 200 breaststroke – third place – Avery Momotiuk – 2:27.98

Men’s 200 breaststroke – fifth place – Sean Greene – 2:05.62

Women’s 200 butterfly – seventh place – Samarrah Hernandez – 2:27.96

Men’s 200 butterfly – first place – Owen Putnam – 1:50.50

Men’s 1650 freestyle – third place – Niklas Heelein – 16:20.10

Men’s 1650 freestyle – fifth place – Addison Richardson – 16:39.90

Women’s 400 freestyle relay – fourth place – UTPB “A” crew (Avery Momotiuk, Mackenzie Gingerich, Ava McCormack, Rowan McWhorter) – 3:36.92

Men’s 400 freestyle relay – second place – UTPB “A” crew (Colin Doyle, Nico Turner, Sean Greene, Niklas Heelein) – 3:04.17

Men’s 400 freestyle relay – fourth place – UTPB “B” crew (Logan Fultz, Cooper Workman, Kell Frazier, Brannan Espericueta) – 3:07.32

 

Next up: The Falcons are off till Saturday, December, 6 once they journey to McMurry University for a double twin meet.